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- 25.05.2010 .
- Maarten .
- Tags .
- Category:
- Articles + Industrial design
- Object:
- Foosball table
- Designer:
- Graham Hinde + Roland Bird + Roger Swales + Paul-Etienne Mélinge
- Agency:
- GRO Design
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- 10 comments
These days, football stadiums are built to become city landmarks in their own right.
Luckily, the good people of Dutch design firm GRO design set out to design an equally spectacular and memorable foosball table. A team of designers (Graham Hinde, Roland Bird, Roger Swales, Paul-Etienne Mélinge and Frank Heijlighen) put their minds together, and gave us 11.
Wow.
We actually bought a foosball table at our office this very week (true story), but this beauty completely overshadows ours (thx, Lorenzo ;-)
Shiny steel players with red numbers
A beautiful silhouette, with the red ball waiting for action
This can compete with any football stadium design
Come hither...
The glossy white field loves the light
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Time for action...
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Action!
The Opus table is nice too: http://www.elevenforty.com/opus/
Nice, but not as nice as the 11!
I think they subtracted too many elements. Anthropomorphic players, a green board and a vintage look are must-haves for such items. In my opinion, The Opus wins here.
In my opinion we cannot compare both tables, but Opus table is my favourite
I would never dare to play using that thing, looks too sophisticated and fragile for just table football… Nice, but in my opinion, useless.
I’m not a sucker for things without any sharp corners, but this is what I would play foosball on if I where a foosball player :) Really slick
I love it. So smooth!
Would a minimalist own a foosball table?
Who is talking about play? I’d love to have one of those in my playroom!
_Opus is just gross
the 11 makes the opus look like a 30 year old camper van.